Explore Beyond Your SF Housing: Places to Get Your Body Moving for the New Year Part 1.

All the Places You Need to Know About to Maintain Your New Year's Fitness Goals It’s early February.  By now you may have given up on your New Year’s resolution to get outside of your short term rental in SF, lose 5lbs, eat more greens, go to yoga once a week with your roommates in San Francisco, or whatever...

Meet Our Team! Resident Manager at Yale Hotel, Nathan.

We pride ourselves in our diverse, worldly, and dynamic team here at Urbanests, and we want you to get to know us better! Today, we are profiling Nathan K. Nathan is an artist, a martial arts enthusiast, and a kick-ass Resident Manager who is living in our San Francisco student housing at the Yale Hotel...

How to Decorate Your SF Student Housing: Using Everyday Objects to Bring Your Decor to the Next Level

It can be hard to get settled in your new home, especially when you are living in a shoebox. As a college student, I struggled with homesickness in my first few years living in San Francisco student housing. I missed the comforts of living in a ‘real’ home – most notably, the thoughtfully decorated interior...

San Francisco Room Rentals for a Genuine Travel Experience

So you are traveling to San Francisco. You are looking for the perfect place to stay, a short stay apartment in San Francisco that feels like home. You are not the type of traveler that wants to visit Alcatraz Island or take a picture in front of the painted ladies. You are kind of traveler...

How to Decorate Your SF Student Housing: Using Plants to Make Your Small Space Feel like Home

It can be hard to get settled in your new home, especially when you are living in a shoebox. As a college student, I struggled with homesickness in my first few years living in San Francisco student housing. I missed the comforts of living in a ‘real’ home - most notably, the thoughtfully decorated interior...

Students Living in SF Grab Hot Drinks: Best Hot Cocoa in the Bay Area to get you through the Winter Chill

It is the coziest time of the year! Your student housing in San Francisco has just gotten almost unbearably cold, which means you need to know where to go to get that cozy cup of cocoa you have been craving so bad. We have you covered: Dandelion Chocolate (Ramblist Media) Head on over to the...

Cozy up Your San Francisco housing with a DIY Autumn Wreath!

  Autumn is upon us! Your SF furnished apartment is a small space that demands to be cozied up! This DIY fall wreath is cheap and easy, and it adds a festive flare to any home, just in time for Thanksgiving. Here’s what you need: Green floral wire ~$2 A circular base (wreath wire is ideal,...

Explore Beyond Your San Francisco Housing: The Conservatory of Flowers

Every now and then it is important to get out of your single rooms in San Francisco and go explore this incredible city. San Francisco is a city filled with wonders, and one of my favorites is the little fairy garden called the Conservatory of flowers. If you are a flower fanatic like me, nothing...